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Hurricane Melissa to hit Jamaica

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Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa, winds now at 175 mph, nears catastrophic strike on Jamaica

“Get to the sturdiest building you can find,” NHC Director Michael Brennan warned Jamaicans in a video update.

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

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Hurricane Melissa's path: What to expect from the Category 5 storm

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Hurricane Melissa could be the strongest to hit Jamaica since records began in 1851

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimetres) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa rears up for record-setting strike on Jamaica

Richmond News · 7h

Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as possibly the island's strongest recorded storm

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How Hurricane Melissa went from tropical storm to Category 5 in just a few days

The storm has already caused six deaths across the Caribbean, as Jamaica scrambles to prepare for what could be its worst-ever hurricane disaster.

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Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in the Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa explodes into Category 4 storm, expected to hit Jamaica

Monday, Oct. 27 update from the National Hurricane Center: Latest on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 5 p.m. ET

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How rarely do Category 4 or 5 hurricanes make landfall?

Only 81 hurricanes have struck as Category 4 or higher since 1851, or about one every other year on average. A couple have crippled multiple points at that strength. Irma, in 2017, managed to hit five countries as a Category 4 or 5 — the most of any storm in the Atlantic.

Hurricane Melissa to hit Jamaica

Monday, Oct. 27 update from the National Hurricane Center: Latest on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

How rarely do Category 4 or 5 hurricanes make landfall?

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